Vending-machine.



C. E.. FANNlNG.

VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION man MAY 4. 1914.

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C. E. FANNING.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4. 1914.

Patented Aug. 10; 1915.

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VENDING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pafiented A 10 1915;

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I CHARLES E. FANNING, ofDavenport, in the county. of Scott and State of Iowa, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in VendingT'Machines; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable Qthers skilled in the art to whichit appertains'to niake'and use the same.

This invention relates to thatv class, of vending machines employed inconnection with the sale of insurance stamps which are usually disposedof in blocks or rolls.

The primary object is to make the opera tion of the apparatus dependupon both-the width and thickness of the article to be inserted therein,such as an envelop containing a single coin of a predetermined denomination.. i

In the accompanying drawings,.Figure 1 is a front elevation with aportion of the inclosing casing removed Fig. 2 is a side view showingthe locking members in their unlocked positionsin-full lines and intheillocking positions in dotted lines, Fig.3, is a view showing. thepartsin. their opened positions. Fig.4.is a section on line Fig. 2showing the front locking member in its locking position. Fig; .5 is afragmentary sectional view showing the locking members in their lockingpositions.

Referring to thedrawings, 1 designates, a

. reservoir which is shown as of'cylindrical formation and designed toaccommodatea series of rolls 2 which inxthe present instance may beregarded as rolls, of insurance stamps, but the invention may beemployed in vending articles of various kinds. The reservoir I normallyoccupies an, upright position, being supported by a frame 3 within aninclosing'casing 4 which latter hasdischarge outlet 5 at itsfrontthrongh which the articles may be delivered to thefjpu-rchaser. p

6 designates a delivery platform. which :is provided with oppositeparallel arms-P 7 which are journaled at their rear ends on a shaft 8supported by frame members. This platform at its: front end carries ablocker thickened portion 10-which norm-ally fits in and closes thelower end of the reservoir, but when the platform is tilted thelowermost article will pass from the reservoir with the platform, and asthe latter is moved dq n e y sufi s ent: dit m ucha t 11 b d c ged fr mthemechil e Immediately beneath the platform is a guide which normallyoccupies, a position Paralle h th u der i eof rename but ay be m edrelat velytlll r to shor di tan e wh n he platfo m-is ncite swine-'1form in their normal positions, the releasing,

of. such lock being dependent upon the insertion of an art cle of apredetermined width and thickness. In the presenti instance I have shownthe lock-as consisting o a n oc g memb 1 end t -teer lockingm mb s 17;bo h se s, O lock n mem rs be ng" ose y mounted n a ewrod 18. Thelocking memberld is shown in the form of a forwardly andsdownwardly c rvd a Which termin e n-a hQQkl l which is designed to enteraslot20insleeve 1 L which I have shown as .extendinglongi- .tudinally ofth'elatter, is. manifestthat n tead f h 10 520" ny same n th sleeve withwhich the arm may engage will answer equallyas well.; This arm is shownas carrying a roller 21 which extends into h P hy orme y h svac be weenthe platform and the guide, said roller being s own a m u ted ina U-shapracke .scured tothe ar-m. I

h c n me b relZ are hownin the eform. of levers of the second. order,fulcrumed"on-.cI.OSS- 1.Qd 18 and having their f ont arms downwardly ndrearwardly curved, said arm ex ending gth oughjtl e pathway formed bythe platform andfthe guide and terminati11gv at a point beneath thesleeve. These levers are rlocated between the sides of the guide andplatform. The rear arms of the levers are weighted and terminate inhooks 22iwhich are designed to interlock withsleeve It at the rearthereof,

1. In a vending apparatus, a rotatableshaft, locking mechanism thereforcomprising two sets of locking means for engaging said shaft, one ofwhich sets is designed to be moved into an unlocking position apredetermined distance in one direction while the other set is designedto be moved into an unlocking position a predetermined distance in adifierent direction to permit such shaft to be rotated.

2. In a vending apparatus, locking mechanism comprising a rotatableshaft, a locking member normally engaging said shaft and designed to befree therefrom when moved a predetermined distance in one direction bythe article to be inserted in the apparatus, and locking membersnormally engaging said shaft and designed to be freed therefrom whenmoved a predetermined distance in a different direction by such article.

3. In a vending apparatus, locking mechanism comprising a rotatableshaft, a locking lever normally engaging said shaft at one end andextending at its other end into the path of the article to be insertedin the apparatus and arranged to be moved out of said path, and twospaced-apart independently operating locking levers parallel to eachother and to the first mentioned lever,

each of said spaced-apart levers normally engaging said shaft at one endand also extending at its otherend into said path and arranged to bemoved by theadvance of the I article inserted into the'apparatus.

4 In a vending apparatus, a locking mechanism comprising a rotatableshaft having a guide-frame forming a pathway for the article to beinserted in the apparatus, a locking member for normally engagingsaid'shaft and extending into said pathway, two spaced-apart lockingmembers normally engaging said shaft and also extending into saidpathway, and means for turning said shaft when released by said lockingmembers.

5. The combination with a reservoir and a tilting platform therefor, ofa rotatable shaft carried thereby and having a guide frame parallelingthe underside of said platform and forming a pathway for the article tobe inserted in the apparatus, locking means engaging said shaft andextending into such pathway, means for rotating said shaft to lower saidframe and platform, a stop for limiting the movement of said platform toallow said frame to move independently thereof, and means for returningsaid frame and platform to their normal positions.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES E. FANNING. Witnesses:

GRAFTON L. MGGILL, Minnow I. BALFOUR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

